Woman shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday
The shooting follows a warning from elected and law enforcment officials about imminent gun violence.
Despite a stepped-up effort by law enforcement agencies to prevent gun violence, a woman was shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday, May 25.
The name and condition of the victim were not immediately released. No suspect information was available, either.
According to police, at 7:42 a.m. on May 15, East Precinct officers responded to a report of someone shot near Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 119th Avenue. Officers arrived and found an adult female injured.
She was transported to a hospital by ambulance. Police said her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
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A Gresham police officer told investigators that he feared a car would run him over when he shot at it last year in a Portland neighborhood and killed the driver, his attorney told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
But Officer James Doyle’s account doesn’t appear to fully mesh with footage from his body camera, forensic evidence and statements from other officers at the scene, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Prosecutors are now working to bring the case to a grand jury to decide whether Doyle will face charges for his use of deadly force.
Portland man shoves woman into traffic, sets pole on fire and brawls with officers on Hawthorne Boulevard, authorities say
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A 39-year-old Portland man is facing 12 criminal charges after he reportedly pushed a woman into traffic near Southeast Hawthorne and Cesar E. Chavez boulevards, set a power pole on fire and brawled with officers responding to the scene, police say.
Kenneth Church was arrested Thursday afternoon. He’s accused of and assault, reckless endangering, criminal mischief and three counts of attempted assault on a police officer, among other charges.
Police responded to the intersection at about 3:15 p.m., more than 20 minutes after a call came in about the incident.
Portland’s mayor and City Council please almost no one with their leadership on homelessness, protests
Updated May 15, 2021;
Posted May 15, 2021
Tents are a common sight in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Portland. April 30, 2021. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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More than two-thirds of Portland-area residents say they disapprove of how Portland’s mayor and City Council have handled two of the city’s most pervasive and contentious issues: homelessness and destructive protests.
The findings come from a poll of 600 people across the metro area commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive and conducted from April 30 to May 6.
Suburban residents were a tad more critical of city leaders’ response to protests than residents of Portland proper. Seventy-five percent of those who live outside the city reported they were unhappy with Portland’s handling of protests, while 68% of city residents took that stance, the poll showed.
Portland bureau director departs amid reported dysfunction, ‘culture of fear’
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The head of a Portland city bureau reportedly plagued by widespread dysfunction and a “culture of fear” will leave her post at the end of the week.
Suk Rhee, the director of the Office of Community & Civic Life, made the announcement Thursday in a joint statement with Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who has overseen the bureau since January.
Previously named the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, the civic life bureau manages a grab bag of city programs, from cannabis and liquor sales to graffiti removal to assisting those facing deportation.